I just had a phone conversation with Harold Lefever who is a friend of mine who coordinates mission trips 2x annually to Honduras. His daughter Janice is a missionary there as well. Harold has said he and his daughter has never felt unsafe in Honduras for as long as they have been there. Also, in spite of the political atmosphere Janice has said it is a political situation and not something where violence has ever been a problem before. Honduras is also one of the few central american countries that has never had a bloody coup d'état in its countries history. Harold has run mission trips with World Gospel Mission and has also assisted "Border Buddies".
Janice's work is in the Tegucigalpa city area. Harold is planning a March 2010 return trip to Honduras as a construction project. He is going to send me some information and internet links for Honduran newspapers (English & Spanish) that we can keep up with the countries ongoing issues. He also stated he would have no problem bringing youth to Honduras. This is coming from someone who has a good feel for a country he has ministered in for many years and whose daughter is there as a full time missionary. I went to Zimbabwe during political turmoil and it was much more volatile than Honduras at this point and the groups ministering there know where it is not a good idea to go. However, that situation was a racial in nature as well, which is not the case in Honduras.
Based on what I heard this evening I can whole heartedly endorse Honduras as our choice. Also, Harold said the Spanish language is dominate in Honduras where Guatemala has many more Indian dialects. A positive for us since we do have Spanish speaking team-mates.
Guatemala would be my second choice.
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